Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-11-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
905 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 1,027▼ 55 vs year ago 960 · −5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
493 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 342▲ 138 vs year ago 355 · +38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $290.68/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$290.68
73 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1395305.941,20844
Medium and Large 2425267.521,13829
One grade step is worth $38.42/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale73 hd
290.68
—
FL average8 barns · 508 hd
278.60
+12.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,545119.861,85210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16697.311,13528
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06985.0090917

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275360.73/cwt340.00–380.0099210
Steers—Medium and Large 1320330.47/cwt320.00–340.001,0586
Steers—Medium and Large 2330300.23/cwt285.00–315.009914
Steers—Medium and Large 1366310.96/cwt300.00–325.001,1387
Steers—Medium and Large 2375290.60/cwt275.00–305.001,0906
Steers—Medium and Large 1415293.29/cwt285.00–305.001,2175
Steers—Medium and Large 2423265.41/cwt255.00–275.001,1238
Steers—Medium and Large 1461278.10/cwt265.00–295.001,2827
Steers—Medium and Large 2468251.56/cwt248.00–255.001,1776
Steers—Medium and Large 1513258.19/cwt250.00–270.001,3255
Steers—Medium and Large 2515236.17/cwt230.00–245.001,2165
Steers—Medium and Large 1568247.60/cwt240.00–255.001,4064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264285.80/cwt275.00–300.007555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320285.70/cwt270.00–300.009148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323250.54/cwt240.00–260.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363260.21/cwt250.00–270.0094510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368240.10/cwt235.00–245.008844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423248.85/cwt240.00–257.001,0534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423233.64/cwt230.00–237.009884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470217.53/cwt215.00–220.001,0224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473232.62/cwt225.00–240.001,1004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515225.19/cwt220.00–235.001,1603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,463112.00/cwt105.00–118.001,6396
Bulls——1,668131.66/cwt125.00–137.002,1964
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06985.00/cwt80.00–90.0090917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09091.86/cwt87.00–97.001,00118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303107.11/cwt100.00–113.001,39610

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.